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Culture

Huck 66: The Attitude Issue

Out now! — This issue is all about determination – to reject the status quo, to rise above the noise or just to forge your own path in life.

Written by: HUCK HQ

Culture

Why punk keeps connecting people across space and time

Teenage kicks — Photographers GODLIS and Angela Boatwright may have captured two distinct scenes - 1970s New York and contemporary Los Angeles - but in-between these images, made then and now, lies a single connecting thread.

Written by: Miss Rosen

Music

A visual homage to London‘s most iconic punk venue

100 Club Stories — As the 100 Club celebrates its 75th birthday this year, Ditto Press founder Ben Freeman reflects on the venue’s incredible countercultural legacy.

Written by: HUCK HQ

Photography

This is what history's most vital subcultures look like now

Vanguards of cool — Photographer Theo McInnes tracks down diehard trendsetters who refuse to conform, even in old age.

Written by: Theo McInnes

Art

Linder Sterling: Life lessons from art’s ultimate punk

‘I don’t give up very easily’ — After spending four decades on the frontlines of feminist art, the ’70s punk icon reflects on her career so far; from trawling porn collections and fighting gender inequality, to making history with The Buzzcocks.

Written by: Hannah Clugston

Music

Hinds: ‘We didn’t even know what sexism was’

Girls to the front — The lo-fi punk four-piece are back with their long-awaited second album, I Don’t Run. We meet them to talk love, politics, and the lessons they’ve learned so far.

Written by: Max Gayler

Photography

Portraits of Berlin’s queer punks and skinheads

The ’90s archives — Throughout the ’90s, photographer Christian Vagt lived in the city’s squats, where he shot the everyday lives of his friends and lovers. ‘We were long-haired, didn’t give a fuck and definitely hated capitalism,’ he remembers.

Written by: Simon Doherty

Photography

Ed Templeton explores the evolution of the Mohawk

Hairdo of defiance — The cult photographer pays tribute to one of the most iconic punk signifiers of all time, sharing two-decades worth of images & a poetic personal essay.

Written by: HUCK HQ

Photography

Daido Moriyama and the aesthetics of punk

A Japanese master — The defiant artist redefined photography when he first broke onto the scene in the late ’60s, offering his viewers a fresh new way of seeing the world. We talk to London gallerist Michael Hoppen about his life, art and enduring legacy.

Written by: Miss Rosen

Music

‘Punk can be horrible and parasitic and judgemental’

On tour with the Downtown Boys — With their powerful live shows and politically charged lyrics, Downtown Boys are bringing punk music into 2017 – tackling everything from Trump and DACA to homophobia.

Written by: Biju Belinky

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